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  • The Lucky Vest (1914)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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The Lucky Vest (1914)
Short | Short, Comedy
Tom Flynn had only been graduated from medical school for a very short time and he had not as yet been overburdened with any tremendous rush of patients. When he was called to attend Old Abram, and discovered after he had saved the old ...See moreTom Flynn had only been graduated from medical school for a very short time and he had not as yet been overburdened with any tremendous rush of patients. When he was called to attend Old Abram, and discovered after he had saved the old man's life that he was not going to be paid for his services, Tom merely shrugged his shoulders. He was used to it. Fancy his surprise when a parcel was brought to him some time later containing a vest of curious pattern and a note from Old Abram to the effect that the vest would bring him luck if he had been born on a Thursday. Despite the skepticism, Tom was impressed. As it happened, he had been born on Thursday, so he put on the vest. From the very moment he did so, his luck changed. By curious chances, he gained several rich patients; a distant relative died and left him a western ranch and a tremendous amount of money, and best of all, he met, fell in love with, and married the finest girl in the world. One morning, after he had been married for some time, Tom left home hastily on a hurry call and forgot to put on his vest. He nearly broke his neck on the front steps; the automobile broke down, and Tom was arrested for attempting to climb into a car belonging to somebody else. Meanwhile, Tom's wife had given the vest to Homeless Hogan. Homeless Hogan happened to have been born on Friday, and the vest did not do him any particular good. Half an hour after he had put it on, he was arrested for attempted larceny, and thrown into the same cell with the doctor. The doctor was in an anguished frame of mind on account of a letter he had received shortly before his arrest, telling him that his money was probably gone. He cheered up immediately at the sight of Homeless Hogan and the vest. The police officials were somewhat surprised at the doctor's frenzied attempt to take a dilapidated vest from a dirty tramp, but after he had proved his claim to the property, allowed him to put it on. At once his luck changed. He was released, and found a telegram waiting at home telling him that his money was safe. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Sydney Brooks (story)
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Updated May 6, 1914
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May 6, 1914 (United States)

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